The Warner sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1885-1???, 1887-02-25
sense Of The word, but without AFRO.


"In connection with the escape of
the spy" | reminded.
"Oho calculated the Colonel. II
did not know you had anything to
tell"
"Ah. Colonel, | had a great deal to
tell,' i said. 81 wasn't gning to push
myself forward. held back for your
sake. Colonel CardOune, l saw you
come into my tent and take the keys"
He was a little startled.
as that so?" he asked, in a queer
tone.
"Yes," l replied. l shall never be-
tray your secret, Colonel, but | am
eyerlastinely curious to know what it
all meant"
"WeIl, Corporal, so would l be-" he
said with a short laugh. "You have
been very frank and very discreet,
and I'll tell you all about it after the
battle
1t was the 18th OF May, and the
battle which ensued was the battle Of
the Black River Bridge. The Colonel
was wounded and was sent to the
hospital.
In an engagement which occurred
three months later, | was wounded,
taken prisoner, and conveyed to q
Confederate hospital.
There were several female nurses,
one OF whom was especially kind to
me. She was clad in sOmbre hue, but
that did not detraCt from her lowell
ness. Her very presence did me good.
As I was unable to speak. my most
troublesome wound being in my cheek,
| found my qualification in simply
watching her. l fell desperately in love
with her, which was not an inexplica-
BILE occurrence to me, and possibly
not to her, for she was conscious of
her charms.
One morning | heard cannonading
and noticed that it became suggestive
ly distinct. The tide of war was
surging that way and a tangible evil
denCe Oft came in the form Of a shell
which crashed through the roof Of the
hospital.
The fuse was Sal burning, and to my
intense surprise and admiration
my handsome nurse picked up the
shell and flung it out Of the window.
eve don't want the nasty thing in
here-do we, boys?" she said.
A number of the wounded men clap
ped their hands in applause.
"You are a brave womtn," l said.
"NNhy Corporal" she exclaimed,
coming to me, ":those are the first
words you have spoken since entering
the hospital"
l was about to reply, but she eau
toned me not to.
wait a few days." she said with
one of her bewildering little smiles.
A week later l said to her:
"You called me Corporal"
EYES," she replied; ''your chevron
designates your rank. You forget
That.
"No," don't. W. have met before
and you know it. For days 1 have
been trying to conjecture. 1t isn't a
fancy / am sure"
mo, Corporal, it isn't" she said,
with a repressed smile, a twinkle of
mischief in her glorious brown eyes.
II am Delos Demarra. You once ar
rested me for a spy"
1t dawned on me then, and | have
no doubt my face expressed my sur
prise. | ~censured myself for not hay
ing at once recalled that sweet voice
and smile and those calm, fearless
brown eyes.
81 escaped, you remember" she re-
minded me, with a slight smile.
without a display either of nerve
or sagacity on your part" / replied.
"Why do you say that?"she quickly
asked, one dainty hand uplifted.
Colonel Cardonne helped you,"
was my answer
"Ohl" she calculated, riffs of red and
white crossing her face. He told you
so?"
HE got the keys OF the guard-house
from me-" l replied.
did not add that he had obtained
them by stealth. She looked at me
steadfastly, almost eonfidingly, /
thought-with a longing for me to say
more.
''You are on the wrong side of this
ISSUE" / remarked.
II believe there is a difference of-oi
sentiment, she replied, a little dry
ly.
cit is more than a sentiment" /
ventured to say.
"Well, we viii not argue about it"
she replied, with one of her charming
gestures 81 entertain opinions, and
you'll allow me to do that, ] know.
I'll nurse you, so that you can go
home. You'll hold me no grndge for
that, l am sure. / did the same for
Colonel Cardonpe."
"In a-a-a Union hospital?" | ask
ed.
why, to be sure" she replied.
"And he's gone north?"
"Yes. He'll be back though. Now
we have talked enough, don't you
thinkY"